IDF says 40 Hamas members killed in past day as troops operate throughout Gaza

Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent

IDF troops operate in the Gaza Strip, in a handout image published September 25, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)
IDF troops operate in the Gaza Strip, in a handout image published September 25, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)

More than 40 Hamas operatives were killed by Israeli troops in the Gaza Strip over the past day, the IDF says.

The military says the operatives who were killed are field commanders and members of other arrays in the terror group, including its rocket division and propaganda unit.

In the northern Gaza Strip, the IDF says, it has launched a new pinpoint operation in Beit Lahiya, aimed at destroying Hamas infrastructure there.

Troops with the Gaza Division located three rocket launchers in the Beit Lahiya area, one of which was loaded with at least three rockets, the army says.

In central Gaza, the IDF says reservists with the 252nd Division have launched several raids in Gaza City’s Sabra and Zeitoun neighborhoods, as well as on the outskirts of Nuseirat. The military says that the reservists located and destroyed several tunnels in the area.

In the southern Gaza Strip, the IDF’s 162nd Division continues to operate in Rafah and the so-called Philadelphi Corridor, the Egypt-Gaza border area. In Rafah, the IDF says troops killed several gunmen spotted in a tunnel shaft, and located many weapons.

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